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Ecclesiastes 5:18 — King James Version← Study notes

Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.


Ecclesiastes 5:18Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 5:1821 words
HebrewMeaning
גַּ֣םgam
alsoparticleH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
כָּֽלkāl
everynounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
הָ/אָדָ֡םhāʾādām
personparticleH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
אֲשֶׁ֣רʾăšer
whomparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
נָֽתַןnātan
he has givenverbH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
ל֣/וֹlwō
pron
הָ/אֱלֹהִים֩hāʾĕlōhiym
GodparticleH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
עֹ֨שֶׁרʿōšer
wealthnounH6239
far
וּ/נְכָסִ֜יםwnəkāsiym
and richesconjH5233
wealth
וְ/הִשְׁלִיט֨/וֹwəhišəliyṭwō
and he has given power himconjH7980
have) rule · have dominion · give power
לֶ/אֱכֹ֤לleʾĕkōl
to eatpronH398
at all · consume · devour(-er · up) ···
מִמֶּ֨/נּוּ֙mimenw
from itpronH4480
after · among · at · because of ···
וְ/לָ/שֵׂ֣אתwəlāśēʾt
and to receiveconjH5375
advance · arise · (able to · suffer to) bear(-er ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
חֶלְק֔/וֹḥeləqwō
portion hisnounH2506
inheritance · part · partake · portion
וְ/לִ/שְׂמֹ֖חַwəliśəmōḥa
and to rejoiceconjH8055
be glad · (have · make) joy · be merry ···
בַּ/עֲמָל֑/וֹbaʿămālwō
in toil hispronH5999
iniquity · labour · mischief · miserable ···
זֹ֕הzōh
thisprepH2090
it · this · that · thus and thus
מַתַּ֥תmatat
is a gift ofnounH4991
אֱלֹהִ֖יםʾĕlōhiym
GodnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
הִֽיאhiyʾ
itprepH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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